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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826231403321

Autore

Vighi Fabio <1969->

Titolo

Traumatic encounters in Italian film : locating the cinematic unconscious / / by Fabio Vighi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or., : Intellect, c2006

ISBN

1-280-47711-3

9786610477111

1-84150-950-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

791.430945

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures

Motion pictures - Psychological aspects

Motion pictures - Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Introduction; Figurations of the Real: locating the unconscious; Enjoying the Real: unconscious strategies of subversion; Adventures in the Real of sexual difference; The postmodern Real: notes on the return of Oedipus; Works Cited; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

Traumatic Encounters brings together film and psychoanalysis in an vibrantly original way. By fusing Lacanian theory with Italian cinema, the book excavates the repressed knowledge that lurks in the subconscious structure of the film narrative. Essentially, the book explores the relationship between filmmaking and its subliminal underside by locating and reading elusive traces of the subconscious hidden within the murky alcoves of the film's narrative. The Italian directors and films discussed (Antonioni, Pasolini, Rosellini, etc.) all convey the aspiration to push cinema beyond its own repres